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The article reflects on democracy. Commentary is presented on democracy as it existed in ancient Athens, Greece, objections to direct democracy on the part of the U.S. founders including John Adams that led them to create a country based on representative institutions, technological advances that have rendered those objections null, and what the authors term a crisis of legitimate democracy. Reference is made to several books including "Ill Fares the Land" by Tony Judt.

The article offers information on the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, a rector of the State Academy for Design, commentaries on Shakespeare, Europe, and democracy. it mentions has written an opera libretto, published a bawdy epistolary novel lampooning the foundation that funds the country's scientific research, and advised some of Europe's leading politicians.